Appointed by the Governor as
New Hampshire Poet Laureate 2014 - 2019


NEW BOOK! SEPTEMBER 2021
NOTHING BUT: A SERIES OF INDIRECT CONSIDERATIONS ON ART & CONSCIOUSNESS
POEMS
cover painting by Robin Tedesco



from Spuyten Duyvil Press

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SOME PREVIOUS BOOKS:

APRIL 2017
A DOUBTFUL HOUSE: POEMS
cover painting by Julia Zanes



Bauhan Publishing 2017


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INTERVAL: Poems Based on Bach’s Goldberg Variations,
winner of the Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature
Schaffner Press, April 2015
WINNER--2016 NEW HAMPSHIRE LITERARY AWARD IN POETRY




In O MAG! (2nd from left)




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STRANGE TERRAIN: A Poetry Handbook for The Reluctant Reader
Hobblebush Books, June 2009
On SPD Bestseller list, July-Sept. 2009.
Order through Small Press Distribution or your local bookstore.
See "understanding poetry" link above for more on this book
& programs on how to appreciate poetry without necessarily "getting" it.




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BE THAT EMPTY--now in its 3rd printing, from Harbor Mountain Press, December 2007.
4 weeks on the National Poetry Society's bestseller list in 2008.
Order through Harbor Mountain Press, Small Press Distribution, or your local bookstore.



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Readings, discussion groups, workshop instruction, mentoring, visiting artist, poetry judging, manuscript review and editing, young adult workshops,
poetry appreciation programs, etc.


Contact:

email
603-499-6783
P. O. Box 1044
Walpole, NH 03608

BE THAT EMPTY cover art by Susan Osgood
STRANGE TERRAIN collage cover art by ABF



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